SATURDAY MEMORY

December 28, 2024

I did my analytical training in the late 60s and early 70s. I was

fortunate to have met and been taught by many people who

had direct experience with Jung.

One such figure was the gnostic scholar, Gilles Quispel, an

extraordinary man. He was instrumental in securing the Jung

Codex purchased by the Institute in Zurich as a birthday

present for Jung.

The memory that stands out to me is one training seminar

in the early days. At one point, as we were discussing the nature

of “mystery,” he stopped us. He put his index finger to his lips

as if telling us to hush. Then he said something I’ll never

forget:

Mystery is not to be solved, or resolved, or dissolved. Mystery

is to be embraced and loved, and out of that will come one’s

deepest sense of life, meaning, and purpose.

I remember thinking then that dreams are a mystery and

what Quispel was saying was true of dreams as well.